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MORE UPCOMING RELEASES

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Paula Abdul (title TBA; her first LP since 1995's "Head Over Heels" includes new songs and remixes of her old hits; Hear here; Read here) (label TBA, late 2008)
AC/DC (title TBA; producer: Brendan O'Brien; Read here) (Epic, 2008)
Adolescents, The (title TBA; Read here) (Finger, TBA)
Aerosmith (title TBA; producer: Steve Lillywhite; Read here) (Columbia, TBA)
AFI (title TBA) (Tiny Evil/Interscope, 2008)
AgainST (side project of Excel frontman Dan Clements and original Suicidal Tendencies members) (title TBA; Read here) (Built On an Ounce, TBA)
Alice in Chains (Comes With the Fall frontman William DuVall replaces the late Layne Staley) (title TBA; first studio recording since their 1995 self-titled album; Read here) (label TBA, 2008)
All-American Rejects, The (title TBA; producer: Eric Valentine) (Interscope, summer 2008)
Amerie "Because I Love It" (producers: Bryan Michael Cox, The Buchanans, Tim & Bob, DJ Premier, etc.; first single: "Take Control"; Hear here) (Columbia, TBA)
Ambulance (LTD) (title TBA) (TVT, TBA)
Anane (wife of Louie Vega) "Selections" (Tommy Boy, 2008)
Anatomy of a Ghost "Celebrations of a Sky Blue Life" (producer: John Goodmanson) (Fearless, TBA)
Anberlin (title TBA; producer: Neal Avron) (Universal Republic, July 2008)
Laurie Anderson "Homeland" (Nonesuch, 2008)
Annihilator (title TBA) (AFM, TBA)
Antigone Rising "Tales From Wonderland" (Hear here) (Hear Music, winter 2008)
Armor for Sleep (title TBA; producer: Ben Grosse) (Sire, TBA)
Auf Der Maur (title TBA; Read here) (Capitol, TBA)
Authority Zero (title TBA; studio album; producer: Ryan Greene; Read here) (Zero Crew, TBA)
Autolux (title TBA; producer: John Goodmanson; Read here) (label TBA, summer 2008)
Autumn Offering, The (title TBA) (Victory, TBA)
Buju Banton "Rasta Got Soul" (first single: "Magic City") (Gargamel Music, TBA)
Beck (title TBA; producer: Danger Mouse; Read here) (Interscope, summer 2008)
Jeff Beck (title TBA) (Epic, TBA)
Pat Benatar (title TBA; acoustic versions of her hits; Read here) (Bel Chiasso, 2008)
John Berry "Those Were the Days" (producer: Kerry Kurt Phillips) (Clear Sky/Nine North, 2008)
Between the Trees "The Story and The Song" (producer: Pete Thornton; Hear here) (Universal, April 2008)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters (title TBA; producer: David Bianco; Hear here) (Big, TBA)
Black Eyed Peas (title TBA; Read here) (A&M/Interscope, TBA)
BlackHawk "For the Sake of the Song" (producer: Bobby Huff; Hear here) (Radiance, TBA)
Black Keys, The (title TBA; producer: Danger Mouse; Hear here) (Nonesuch, 2008)
Blackout Effect, The "The Blackout Effect" (Lava/Atlantic, TBA)
Blanche "If We Can't Trust the Doctors ..." (producers: Warn Defever, David Feeny, Brendan Benson; guest: The White Stripes' Jack White) (Cass, TBA)
Bleeding Through "Declaration" (producer: Devin Townsend; Hear here) (Trustkill, August 2008)
Blue Oyster Cult (title TBA) (Sanctuary, TBA)
Blur (title TBA; Read here) (Virgin, TBA)
Book of Knots, The "Traineater" (guests: Tom Waits, Mike Watt, David Thomas, Jon Langford, Carla Bozulich) (Anti-/Epitaph, TBA)
David Bowie (title TBA) (ISO/Columbia, TBA)
Brandy (title TBA) (Epic, 2008)
Catherine Britt "Too Far Gone" (first single: "Where We Both Say Goodbye") (RCA Nashville, TBA)
Natalie Brown "Polyphony" (Identity Music, TBA)
Joe Budden "The Growth" (producers: Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, Whiteboy; guests: Stack Bundles, the A-Team, Marques Houston; first single: "Gangster Party"; Read here) (Def Jam, TBA)
Bump J "Nothing to Lose" (producers: Kanye West, Sha Money XL, Trackboyz; Read here) (Atlantic, TBA)
Cake (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Camp Freddy (all-star cover band led by "The In Crowd" actor Donovan Leitch and ex-Cult guitarist Billy Morrison) (title TBA; producer: Mike Clink; guests: Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, Slash, Dave Navarro, Matt Sorum, Kelly Osbourne; first single: a version of "Whole Lotta Love"; Read here) (Sanctuary, TBA)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains guitarist) (title TBA) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Case "The Rose Experience" (first single: "Turns Me On") (Indigo Blue, TBA)
Rosanne Cash (title TBA) (Back Porch/Manhattan/EMI, 2008)
Cassie (title TBA; producers: Seven, Mario Winans, Bryan Michael Cox, Eric Hudson, Sean C, LV, Ryan Leslie; Read here) (Bad Boy, June 2008)
Exene Cervenka (title TBA) (Bloodshot, 2009)
Donovan Chapman (title TBA; producers: Raymond Termini, Billy Joe Walker; first single: "House Like That"; Hear here) (Category 5, TBA)
JC Chasez (title TBA; first single: "Until Yesterday") (Jive, TBA)
Cher (title TBA) (Reprise, TBA)


Neneh Cherry "Reborn" (Jugula, TBA)
Jane Child (title TBA) (Sugarwave, TBA)
Toni Childs "Keep the Faith" (her first album in 14 years; Hear here) (429, 2008)
cirKus (group features Neneh Cherry) "Laylow" (producer: cirKus; Hear here) (Tent, TBA)
Citty "Da Cookie Man" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam, TBA)
Civet (title TBA; self-described "femme fatale punk rock"; producer: Julian Raymond; Hear here) (Hellcat/Epitaph, 2008)
CKY (title TBA; Hear here) (Roadrunner, 2008)
Terri Clark "My Next Life" (first single: "Dirty Girl"; Hear here; Read here) (BNA, 2008)
Color Scheme, The (title TBA) (Record Collection, TBA)
Common "Invincible Summer" (producers: The Neptunes, Mr. DJ; first single: "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C)"; Hear here; Read here) (Geffen, July 2008)
Alice Cooper "Along Came a Spider" (the disc, about a serial killer, could turn into a double album; Hear here) (New West, 2008)
AJ Croce "Cage of Muses" (Hear here) (Seedling, late spring 2008)
Rodney Crowell "Intelligent Design" (producer: Joe Henry) (Sony Music, spring 2008)
Cure, The (title TBA; 2 CDs; Read here) (Suretone/Geffen, spring 2008)
Billy Currington (title TBA; first single: "Tangled Up"; Hear here) (Mercury Nashville, TBA)
Cute Lepers, The "Can't Stand Modern Music" (Hear here; Read here) (Blackheart, early June 2008)
Dark Angel "Darkness Returns" (first studio album since 1991) (label TBA, TBA)
Davey La (title TBA; producer: The Dandy Warhols' Courtney Taylor; first single: "Rotten in Denmark"; Hear here) (Moxie, 2008)
Martha Davis (The Motels) "Beautiful Life" (Hear here; Read here) (marthadavis.com, 2008)
dB's, The (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Death Angel (title TBA; Read here) (Nuclear Blast, TBA)
Death From Above 1979 (title TBA) (Vice/Atlantic, TBA)
DecembeRadio (title TBA; producer: Scotty Wilbanks; See here) (Slanted, spring 2008)
Jo De La Rosa (star of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County") "Just Jo" (producer: Bob Cutarella; Hear here) (immergent, TBA)
Dem Franchize Boyz "Da Point of No Return" (producers: Mannie Fresh, Jazze Pha, Marvelous J, Bangladesh, Maestro, Young Juve, Parlae; first single: "Talkin' Out Da Side of Ya Neck!"; Hear here) (Virgin, 2008)
De Novo Dahl (title TBA; producers: David Fridmann, Tony Dugan; Hear here) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Dido (title TBA; producer: Jon Brion; Read here) (Arista, 2008)
Chris Difford (of Squeeze) "Another Day Above Ground" (Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Dirtfedd "The American Nightmare" (producer: Slipknot's M. Shawn Crahan; Hear here) (Koch, 2008)
Dirty Three "Cinder" (producer: Casey Rice; guest: Cat Power's Chan Marshall; Read here) (Touch & Go, TBA)
Distillers, The (title TBA) (Warner, TBA)
Dr. Dre "Detox" (guests: Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, etc.; Read here) (Aftermath/Interscope, 2008)
Don Caballero (title TBA; producer: Al Sutton) (Relapse, TBA)
Doves (title TBA; producer: Dan Austin; Read here) (Capitol, 2008)
Lila Downs "Entre Copa y Copa ... " (Narada, TBA)
Dreaming, The (title TBA; producer: Bryan Carlstrom) (label TBA, TBA)
D.R.I. (new bassist: Harald Oimoen) (title TBA; guitarist Spike Cassidy is recovering from treatment for cancer; first studio album since 1995's "Full Speed Ahead"; Read here) (Beer City, TBA)
Dub FX (title TBA) (Pyramid, TBA)
George Duke (title TBA) (Big Piano Music/Heads Up, September 2008)
Earshot (title TBA) (Warner, TBA)
Eastwood "Born to Be Hated" (Self Made/Death Row, TBA)
Eminem (title TBA; Read here) (Shady/Interscope, TBA)
End, The (title TBA; producer: Greg Dawson) (Relapse, TBA)
Eve "Here I Am" (producers: Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams; Read here) (Aftermath/Interscope, 2008)
Extreme (original members, with new drummer Kevin Figueriedo) (title TBA; first album of new material in 13 years; producer: guitarist Nuno Bettencourt; Hear here; Read here) (label TBA, spring 2008)
Nikki Flores (16-year-old singer) "This Girl" (first single: "Strike"; Hear here) (Epic, TBA)
Ben Folds (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Epic, September 2008)
Julia Fordham "China Blue" (includes a cover of Michael McDonald's "I Keep Forgettin'," featuring backup vocals by McDonald; producer: Grant Mitchell; Hear here) (NovaTunes, 2008)
Forecast, The (title TBA; producer: John Naclerio) (Victory, TBA)
Josephine Foster (title TBA; producers: Foster, Young God label head Michael Gira) (Young God, TBA)
Franz Ferdinand (title TBA; Read here) (Epic, summer 2008)
Fray, The (title TBA; producer: Mike Flynn; Read here) (Epic, summer 2008)
Ace Frehley (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, April 2008)
Fugees (title TBA; first single: "Take It Easy"; Read here) (Sony Urban Music/Columbia, TBA)
Nelly Furtado (title TBA; Spanish-language album) (Geffen, TBA)
Peter Gabriel (title TBA; Read here) (Ingenious Media, 2008)
Nona Gaye "Love & Sex" (Epic, TBA)
Genius "Proper Villains" (producer: Ian Nickus) (Genius Music, TBA)
Chris Georggin (manager of Blink-182 and New Found Glory) (title TBA; producer: New Found Glory drummer Cyrus Bolooki) (JMB, TBA)
Glue Gun (title TBA; first album since 1996's "The Scene Is Not For Sale"; Hear here; Hear here) (label TBA, TBA)
God Forbid "Gone Forever" (producer: Eric Rachel) (Century Media, TBA)
Gore Gore Girls "Get the Gore" (producer: Jim Diamond; Hear here) (Bloodshot, TBA)
Gorillaz (title TBA; Read here) (Virgin, 2008)
Green Day (title TBA; Read here) (Reprise, TBA)
Tom Green (actor-comedian) (rap album; title TBA) (Canada - Sony BMG Music, TBA)
Guns N' Roses "Chinese Democracy" (producer: Sean Beavan; Read here) (Geffen, TBA)
Halford "V" (Sanctuary, TBA)
Hank III "Damn Right, Rebel Proud" (Hear here) (Curb/Bruc, 2008)
happyendings "Losing Generation" (producer: Bob Rock; Hear here) (J, TBA)
Hatebreed (title TBA; Hear here) (TBA, fall 2008)
Gemma Hayes "The Roads Don't Love You" (released internationally in October 2005; producer: Joey Waronker; Read here) (Astralwerks, TBA)
Jeff Healey/Chris Barber "Jazz Wizards" (Stony Plain, TBA)


Lauryn Hill "Khulami Phase" (producer: Hill; guests: The Wailers, John Legend) (Columbia, TBA)
Hong Kong, The (title TBA; producer: Ric Ocasek) (Inverse/Sanctuary, TBA)
Hope Kills Fear (title TBA; producer: Mike Barile; Hear here; See here) (label TBA, 2008)
Greg Howe (title TBA) (Tone Center, TBA)
H20 (title TBA; Hear here) (Bridge 9, May 2008)
Jennifer Hudson (2004 "American Idol" contestant stars in the "Dreamgirls" movie) (title TBA; producers: Clive Davis, The Underdogs; Read here) (Arista, TBA)
Hundred Reasons (title TBA) (V2, TBA)
Iced Earth (title TBA) (Century Media, TBA)
Ideal "From Now On" (producers: Brian Michael-Cox, Rockwilder, Nisan Stewart, Mike City, Battle Cat; first single: "Makin' Time") (Neutral Ground/Universal, TBA)
Ikara Colt "Modern Apprentice" (producer: Alex Newport) (Epitaph, TBA)
India.Arie "Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics" (Read here) (Motown, TBA)
INXS (title TBA) (Sony Music, fall 2008)
It Dies Today (title TBA; producer: GGGarth Richardson) (Trustkill, TBA)
Michael Jackson (title TBA; producer: will.i.am.; Read here) (Two Seas, TBA)
Jamie T (named Best Solo Act at the 2007 NME Awards) "Panic Prevention" (with three bonus tracks, including a duet with Lily Allen on "Raw Hide"; Hear here) (Caroline, TBA)
Ja Rule "The Mirror" (producers: Erick Sermon, Ty Fyffe, 7 Aurelius, Chink Santana; first single: "Body"; Hear here; Read here) (The Inc., TBA)
J*DaVeY (title TBA; Hear here) (Warner, TBA)
R. Kelly "12 Play: Fourth Quarter" (first single: "Hair Braider"; Read here) (Jive, summer 2008)
Kem (title TBA) (Motown, 2008)
B.B. King (title TBA; producer: T Bone Burnett; Read here) (Geffen, 2008)
King Diamond (title TBA) (Metal Blade, TBA)
Lenny Kravitz "Funk" (Hear here) (Virgin, 2008)
LaBelle (involving all three original members) (title TBA; Read here) (Rhythmbank Entertainment, TBA)
John Legend (title TBA; producers: Kanye West, Pharrell Williams; Read here) (Columbia, 2008)
Lemonheads, The (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Vagrant, April 2008)
Lil' Mo "Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour" (guests: Baby, Fabolous, Miri Ben-Ari; first single: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" - Hear here via iTunes) (Roun'Table/Cash Money/Universal, TBA)
Lit (title TBA) (DRT, TBA)
Living Things "Missouri Aches" (Jive, TBA)
LL Cool J "Todd Smith, Part 2: Back to Cool" (executive producer: 50 Cent; Read here) (Def Jam, TBA)
Logan Square (formerly 15 Minutes Late) "Pessimism and Satire" (producer: Sean O'Keefe; Hear here) (Fearless, TBA)
Lindsay Lohan (title TBA; Read here) (Universal, fall 2008)
Loser (title TBA; producer: Bob Marlette; first single: "Nobody Knows") (Island, TBA)
Gary Louris & Mark Olson (former Jayhawks) "Ready for the Flood" (producer: Black Crowes' Chris Robinson; Read here) (label TBA, 2008)
Courtney Love "Nobody's Daughter" (producers: Linda Perry, Billy Corgan, Love; Read here) (Custard/Universal, TBA)
Madness "Lucky Seven" (first single: "NW5 (I Would Give You Everything)"; Hear here; Read here) (U.K. - Lucky Seven, 2008)
Man Man (title TBA; Hear here) (Anti-/Epitaph, spring 2008)
Kymani Marley (title TBA) (Tuff Gong, TBA)
Johnny Marr + The Healers (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Massive Attack "Weather Underground" (producer: Neil Davidge; Read here) (Virgin, TBA)
Matrix, The (production team of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock) (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Matisyahu (title TBA) (JDub/Epic, 2008)
Maxwell "Black Summer's Night" (Hear here) (Columbia/Sony Urban Music, TBA)
Stephanie McKay "Tell It Like It Is" (producer: Portishead's Geoff Barrow; Hear here) (Astralwerks, TBA)
Hilary McRae (title TBA; producer: Zach Ziskin; Read here) (Hear Music, spring 2008)
Midtown (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
June & Jean Millington (founding members of Fanny) (title TBA) (Fabulous, TBA)
Minsk (title TBA; Hear here) (Relapse, TBA)
Mista Sinista (formerly in an early version of the X-Ecutioners) "Heartfelt" (Read here) (Coalmine, TBA)
Pharoahe Monch "Desire" (producers: Lee Stone, Denaum Porter; guest: Justin Timberlake; Read here) (SRC/Universal, TBA)
Morbid Angel (title TBA; band's first studio album since 2003's "Heretic" and also its first release with original vocalist/bassist David Vincent since 1995's "Domination"; Hear here) (label TBA, TBA)
Morrissey (title TBA; producer: Steve Lillywhite; Read here) (Vapor, September 2008)
Travis Morrison (formerly of Dismemberment Plan) (title TBA) (Barsuk, TBA)
Motels, The "This" (Hear here; Read here) (themotels.com, 2008)
Mya "Liberation" (producers: Scott Storch, Bryan-Michael Cox, Tricky Stuart, Kwame; guests: Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg; first single: "Lock You Down"; Hear here; Read here) (Motown, TBA)
Nas "Nigger" (producer: Jermaine Dupri; Read here) (Def Jam, 2008)
N.E.R.D. (title TBA; first single: "Everybody Nose"; Read here) (Star Trak, June 2008)
Nickelback (title TBA) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Nina Sky "The Musical" (producers: Cipha Sounds, Cool & Dre, Salaam Remi, Ryan Leslie, Scott Storch; guests: Rick Ross, Trey Songz; Hear here; Read here) (Polo Grounds/J, early 2008)
No Doubt (title TBA; producer: Mark "Spike" Stent) (Interscope, 2009)
#1 Crush (title TBA; producer: Dwight Baker; Hear here) (Music World, TBA)
Oasis (title TBA; Read here) (Epic, TBA)
OMD (title TBA; Read here) (U.K. - Virgin, TBA)
One Less Reason (title TBA; producer: Pete Thornton) (Radio Universe/Universal, TBA)
Orgy (title TBA) (D1. Music, TBA)
Our Last Night (title TBA; Hear here) (Epitaph, spring 2008)
Over It (title TBA; Hear here) (Virgin, TBA)
Parks, The (father-son duo) (title TBA; producer: Brett Beavers) (Capitol, TBA)
Parlor Mob, The "Thank God for the Parlor Mob" (producer: Jacquire King; Hear here) (Roadrunner, 2008)
Pixies, The (title TBA; first album of new material since 1991; Read here) (4AD, TBA)
+44 (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Interscope, 2008)
Poison the Well (title TBA; Hear here) (Ferret Music, TBA)
Postal Service, The (title TBA; Read here) (Sub Pop, TBA)
Prodigy, The (title TBA; Read here) (Ragged Flag/Cooking Vinyl, TBA)
Suzi Quatro (title TBA; producer: Mike Chapman, the first Quatro album he has worked on in 28 years) (EMI, 2008)
Q-Tip "The Renaissance" (guests: Andre 3000, D'Angelo, Common; first single: "Work It Out"; Hear here; Read here) (Universal Motown, early 2008)
Rancid (title TBA; producer: Brett Gurewitz; Hear here; Read here) (Epitaph, 2008)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (title TBA) (Warner, 2008)
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Virgin, summer 2008)
Eli "Paperboy" Reed and The True Loves "Roll With You" (Hear here; Read here) (Q Division, spring 2008)
Refugees, The (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman) "Unbound" (Let's Play/Longhouse, spring 2008)
Rentals, The (title TBA; Hear here) (label TBA, TBA)
Rise Against (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Geffen, fall 2008)
Todd Rundgren (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Rusted Root (title TBA; band's first album since 2002; Read here) (label TBA, late spring 2008)
Saves the Day "Daybreak" (Hear here) (Vagrant, 2008)
Nicole Scherzinger (of The Pussycat Dolls) "Her Name Is Nicole ..." (guests: T.I., Pharrell, Timbaland, will.i.am.; first single: "Baby Love"; Hear here; See here; Read here) (Interscope, 2008)
Secret Machines (title TBA; producer: Brandon Mason; Read here) (Warner, 2008)
Senses Fail (title TBA; Hear here) (Vagrant, September 2008)
Shadowside "Theatre of Shadows" (Read here) (Seven/Universal, TBA)
Shortwave Set, The "Replica Sun Machine" (features a 24-piece orchestra conducted by Van Dyke Parks; producer: Danger Mouse; guest: John Cale; Hear here) (label TBA, early 2008)
Showdown, The "Temptation Come My Way" (Hear here) (Century Media, TBA)
Shys, The (title TBA; producer: Dave Cobb; Read here) (Sire, TBA)
Sick of It All (title TBA; Read here) (Abacus, 2008)
Silver Jews, The "Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea" (Hear here; Read here) (Drag City, late April 2008)
Simplistic "The Impact of Crashing [EP]" (producer: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda) (Machine Shop Recordings, TBA)
Jessica Simpson (title TBA; country album; Read here) (Columbia Nashville, 2008)
Sing It Loud (title TBA; producer: Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack; Hear here) (Epitaph, fall 2008)
Skid Row (title TBA) (SPV, 2008)
Slayer (title TBA; bassist-vocalist Tom Araya says the band's 11th studio album will likely be its last; producer: Rick Rubin) (American Recordings, 2008)
Sleeping, The (title TBA) (Victory, TBA)
Slipknot (title TBA; studio album) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Social Code "A Year at the Movies" (first single: "Whisper To A Scream [Bird's Fly]") (Interscope, TBA)
Social Distortion (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Time Bomb, fall 2008)
Solange "Just What I Want" (title TBA; Read here) (Geffen, mid-2008)
Soul-Jah (title TBA; producers: Eddie Galan, Andrew Lane, Sean Alexander) (Warner, TBA)
Sound the Alarm (title TBA) (Geffen, TBA)
Sound of Animals Fighting, The (title TBA; Hear here) (Epitaph, 2008)
Spinnerette (The Distillers' Brody Dalle's side project) (title TBA; producer: band member Alain Johannes; Hear here; Read here) (Sire, spring 2008)
Sponge (title TBA; Hear here) (Bellum, 2008)
Stack$ "CraZee and ConfuZed" (producers: Scott Storch, Stevie J, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Jazzy Pha, D. Dot, Red Spyda, Nu Jerzey Devil; first single: "MIA"; guests: P. Diddy, Busta Rhymes, The Game, Pitbull, Twista, Paul Wall, Trick Daddy, 8Ball, MJG; Hear here; Read here) (SoBe Entertainment/Warner, TBA)
Staind (title TBA; Hear here) (Flip/Atlantic, summer 2008)
Standstill (title TBA; Hear here) (Atlantic, TBA)
George Stanford "Big Drop" (producers: Stanford, John Alagia, Dave Tozer, Eric Ivan Rosse, Brian Maloud; Hear here; Read here) (Smash/Mercury, spring 2008)
Starving Millionaires "Vegas Vacation" (Hear here) (Skinny Post Music, TBA)
Dave Stewart "Dave Stewart Songbook, Vol. 1" (featuring his 30-piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra) (Weapons of Mass Entertainment/Surfdog, August 2008)
Straight Line Stitch "When Skies Wash Ashore" (producer: Scrap 60; Hear here) (Raging Nation/Koch, summer 2008)
Streets, The (title TBA) (Vice/Atlantic, 2008)
Subways, The (title TBA) (Sire, 2008)
Suicidal Tendencies "Return to Venice" (Read here) (Suicidal, TBA)
Matthew Sweet "Sunshine Lies" (Hear here) (Shout! Factory, late summer 2008)
Tash (of Tha Alkaholics) "Rap Life II: Expensive Habits" (Waxploitation/Koch, TBA)
Testament (guitarist Alex Skolnick and drummer Louie Clemente rejoins the group) (title TBA; first album of new material since 1999; Read here) (Spitfire, TBA)
Therapy? "One Cure Fits All" (producer: Pedro Ferriera) (Spitfire, TBA)
Cyndi Thomson (title TBA; producer: Tommy Lee James; Read here) (Capitol Nashville, TBA)
Thornley (title TBA) (604/Roadrunner, TBA)
Throwdown "Venom & Tears" (producer: Mudrock) (Trustkill, TBA)
Tiffany Affair "Flavors" (first single: "Start a Fire") (Takeover Entertainment/Reprise, TBA)
Mary Timony (title TBA) (Kill Rock Stars, TBA)
Martina Topley-Bird "The Blue God" (producer: Danger Mouse; Hear here) (U.K. - Independiente, 2008)
Transcendence "All Your Heroes Are Villains" (producer: Fred Freeman) (TMB, TBA)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Night Castle" (rock opera; Read here) (Atlantic, TBA)
Trillville "Trillville Presents: Access Granted" (producers: Don P., Nottz; guests: Three 6 Mafia, T-Pain, Mannie Fresh; Hear here; Read here) (SMC Recordings/Mann Up Muzik, May 2008)
TRUSTcompany (title TBA; Read here) (Geffen, 2008)
Nadia Turner ("American Idol" season 4 finalist) "Standing On Love" (label TBA, TBA)
Tweet "Love, Tweet" (producers: T.I., Nisan Stewart, Warren Campbell, Novel; first single: "Anymore"; Hear here; Read here) (Umbrella, May 2008)
UB40 "24/7" (last album with lead singer Ali Campbell, who announced he was quitting on Jan. 24; Hear here) (Dep International/Virgin, May 2008)
Uncle Kracker "Happy Hour" (producer: Michael Bradford; guests: Kenny Chesney, Leo Sayer, Boyz II Men; Read here) (Atlantic, 2008)
Under the Flood "The Witness" (producer: Brian Craddock of Daughtry; Hear here) (Koch, spring 2008)
Unearth "III: In the Eyes of Fire" (producer: Adam Dutkiewicz; Hear here) (Metal Blade, late summer/early fall 2008)
Jordis Unga ("Rock Star: INXS" finalist, girlfriend of American Head Charge's Karma Cheema) (title TBA; Read here) (Epic, TBA)
UP SyNDROME "Welcome to Phase 3" (label TBA, TBA)
Urge Overkill (title TBA) (label TBA, TBA)
Uriah Heep (new drummer: Russell Gilbrook) "Wake the Sleeper" (producer: Mike Paxman; Read here) (Europe - Universal, June 2008)
U2 (title TBA; producers: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois; Read here) (Interscope, TBA)
Vandals, The (title TBA; Read here) (Kung Fu, TBA)
Various artists "Big Blue Ball" (multi-artist project created by Peter Gabriel, who sings lead on several tracks; producer: Stephen Hague; contributors: Sinead O'Connor, Karl Wallinger, Natacha Atlas, etc.; Read here) (Real World/EMI, TBA)
Veronicas, The "Hook Me Up" (first single: "Untouched"; Hear here) (Sire, May 2008)
Verve, The (title TBA; reunited band's first album since 1997's "Urban Hymns"; Read here) (Virgin, 2008)
Angela Via "Ready to Fly" (tracks co-written with M'jestie, who won an BMI award for Rihanna's chart-topping "Pon de Replay"; producer: Sundafu; Hear here) (Virgin, TBA)
Violent Femmes (title TBA; first album of new material since 2000) (label TBA, TBA)
Rick Vito "Talk That Talk" (Streamliner, TBA)
Voivod (title TBA; Read here) (The End, 2008)
Von Bondies, The "Love, Hate and Then There's You" (producers: Rick Parker, Peter Katis, Butch Walker; Hear here; Read here) (label TBA, fall 2008)
Warren Brothers, The (title TBA) (Stylesonic, TBA)
Matt Wertz "Under the Sun" (first single: "5:19") (Universal Republic, summer 2008)
White Rabbits (title TBA) (TBD Records, early 2009)
Scott Weiland (title TBA; producer: Steve Albini) (label TBA, late 2008)
Wolfmother (title TBA; Read here) (Interscope, 2008)
Stevie Wonder "The Gospel Inspired by Lula" (dedicated to his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, who died in 2006; Read here) (Motown, 2008)
Nicole Wray "Lovechild" (first single: "If I Was Your Girlfriend" - Hear here via iTunes) (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam, TBA)
Wrens, The (title TBA) (Absolutely Kosher, TBA)
X-Ecutioners, The (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Rachael Yamagata (title TBA) (RCA, TBA)
Youth Brigade (title TBA; first album of new material since 1997; Read here) (BYO, TBA)
Zebra (title TBA) (Mayhem, TBA)
Zimmer's Hole (side project of Strapping Young Lad members) (title TBA; first studio album since 2001) (HevyDevy, TBA)
ZZ Top (title TBA) (RCA, TBA)

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
David Gilmour "Live in Gdañsk" (last concert from his 2006 tour, featuring the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner) (Columbia, September 2008)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Greatest Hits [CD/DVD]" (Blackheart, September 2008)
Roy Orbison "Mystery Girl" (1989 album; with bonus track "You May Feel Me Crying" from the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' "The End of Violence"), "King of Hearts" (1992 album; posthumous disc contains his final recordings, demos and non-LP singles, including his "Crying" duet with k.d. lang; with bonus track "Life Fades Away," from the soundtrack to "Less Than Zero") (Orbison/Legacy, 2008)
Lionel Richie and the Commodores "Number Ones" (Motown/UME, TBA)

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